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About Plainfield
Borough in Pennsylvania, USPlainfield Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Plainfield Township was 6,138 at the 2010 census. The township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
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Housing in Plainfield
The median sale price was $219,000 in March 2026.
Health in Plainfield
Compared with Pennsylvania
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What stands out
Nothing stands out: Plainfield tracks Pennsylvania closely.
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Schools in Plainfield
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The public schools Plainfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 74% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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